Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
The Meat Industry Excellence group (MIE) says historic cultural antagonism between the two cooperatives is one of the main reasons the meat industry is going down the gurgler.
The Meat Industry Excellence Group hopes its much-vaunted report on the meat sector, due for release today (March 17), will put a rocket under changes to the industry.
The Meat Industry Excellence Group’s (MIE) much-vaunted and so far highly secretive report into meat sector reforms is due to be released later this month.
Silver Fern Farms’ chairman Rob Hewett has effectively backed himself and Herstall Ulrich in the director election requesting a vote for “no change” to the board.
Sheep and beef farmers are stepping up to lead change in their industry, according to Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) chairman John McCarthy.
SILVER FERN Farms’ board candidate Fiona Hancox says if farmers can’t fund the cooperative’s call for capital, then it at least needs to ensure a “New Zealand Inc approach rather than foreign ownership”.
NEW FACES leading the two main meat processing cooperatives will prove the acid test of what’s really prevented industry reform to date, says one of the departing chief executives.
MEAT INDUSTRY Excellence (MIE) chairman John McCarthy is urging farmers to vote for Fiona Hancox in their upcoming election.
SITUATIONS VACANT at the top of both big meat processing cooperatives presents a “huge opportunity” to advance industry reform, claims the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group.
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